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THE GREAT STRIKE.
Green Hands Making Little Progress-Rio
AtJersey City.

At Jersey City.
NEW YORK, February 3-Very little
freight is being moved along the river
front, find most of the railroad places on
the west side are still closed. The New
York Central has $50 men at work dis
charging the big floats that for the past
past few days have lain at the pier, but
the progress made is very slow. The COM
pany is receiving all the freight that is offer
ed, but merchants are not shipping more
than the most urgent orders, fearing delay.
The PENNSYLVANIA road introduced 100 men
on Pier ), but they were all green hands who
had never handled freight before. One
gate was open this morning and few.
truckmen discharged several tons of
freight ON the bulkhead The Lehigh Com
pany, at Pier >, did not open its gates, hut
some freight was being handled on the
dock. The company does not, the agent
says, feel the inconvenience much. The
New York, Lake Erie and Western rail-
road put on a force of men in place of the
strikers and opened their pier for the re-
ceipt of freight. Very little was received.
On the steamship piers there was much
improvement. Freight was being moved
mostly by new men. There is an abund-
ance of unskilled labor to he had, and the
superintendents of the docks have more
men than they have places tor. The trou-
BILE is that these men have had no expert
ence at freight handling.
IN CASE OF RIOT
the whole police force can reach the scene
inside of an hour In addition, fully 100
detectives have been detailed for duty
along the shore wearing plain clothes. The
.ptain chosen to command the four divi-
sions under Inspector Steers are the most
moderate-tempered men on the force.
They have been selected as not likely to
provoke fight, while fully able to carry
it on if begun. All river stations report
hall-hOurly to Superintendent Murray.
Up to noon no trouble had been reported.
The Superintendent thinks that he is able
to repress any disorder or rioting that
might arise.
OVER ONE HUNDRED NoN-USIoN MEN
of every nationality were brought to Penn.
sylvania piers 81 and % this morning.
Twenty negroes upon finding a strike in
progress refused to work. They came un-
der the impression that they were to lay
tracks. Fifteen went over TO the strik-
ers, others went to Jersey City.
Over two hundred men were kept
on tug boat and not allowed TO land.
The police guarded the Savannah pier
to-day for the first time during the strike.
Nom Union men boarded and lodged on a
barge at Bulkhead. They fear trouble in
consequence of a shooting affray Tuesday
night.
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THE MINERS.
Meeting of the Executive Board of the X.
of l.. Miners.

Meeting of the Executive Board of the X.
of l.. Miners.
PrrrsBURG, PA, February 3.-The Ex-
ecutive Board of District Assembly 135, *.
of L., comprising all the X. of l.. miners in
the country is still in session here. VIM.
ii. Bailey, who is at the head of the or
ganization says that questions Of general
interest TO both miners and operators, are
being considered. They are aiming, he
says, to get Justice for all parties, coal
operators and miners alike in competing
| districts.
1--WE want to put stop to ruinous COM
petition" said he, 'and keep within
bounds on all sides. | do not want to see
the price of coal advanced TO such an eX-
tent in any market rs will be oppressive TO
the poor, but OH the other hand it is de
sirable that the price of coal he sustained
to allow the miners fair compensation for
their work and the operator just profit.
Our Executive Board will consider all these
questions, and adopt the hest possible
means of bringing about the desired re-
suit. If permitted, our representative will
attend the meeting of the miners and mine
owners TO be held ut Columbus on the
8th."
"Will you take any action at this meet
ing in reference TO the coal handlers strike
i'll the East" Not that am aware of.
If there are are rumors Of general strike
they are wrong. Might is the power of a
mob. 1t is not the means we propose TO
employ"
The special business which called the
Executive Board of the Coal Miners
National Assembly, Knights of Labor, to
this city, is TO consider the advisability Of
asking 10 per cent advance in the min
ing price in the Clearfeld, Meyersdale
Georges Creek and Salisbury regions.
Nearly 10000 men are employed in these
mines No serious trouble is apprehended as
an advance has already been offered the
diggers in the Georges Creek district and
some of the Meyersdale operators have
agreed to conference with the National
Board.
The coke workers throughout the Con-
ncllsville region have demanded an ad-
vance in wages, equal TO the recent in
crease Of 80 cents per ton in the price OF
coke. The woTkmen have appointed COM
mittees to meet the operators, and a con-
ference will be held in this city early next
week. Master Workman Byrne, OF the
Cokers' Assembly, is confident that the
advance will be granted, and says he does
not anticipate any trouble in effecting a
settlement
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Further Italian Defeats.

PARIS, February 3. The Repabiigue
Fraatdise publishes a dispatch from Suez
which state. that In the battles between
Abyssinians and Italians, near Massowab,
January % and rs, the Abyssinisus cap
tured all the guns possessed hy the Ital-
ians 1t also says tLst Of the ls0 Italians
engaged in the fight not more than fifty
escaped. The Italians all evacuated ali
advanced positions. The Ahyssinians had
already attacked and carried the first line
of Italian entertainments around Masso-
wah. The latter success was achieved by
the Abysinians the day after the de,truc-
ton Of the Italian forces in the field. The
last intelligence indicated that IL was
doubtful whether they would be able to
bold out at Massowah until the arrival OF
reinfdrcements. g1EF#. q
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RAILROAD DISASTERS.
Passenger Train Thrown Over = Bank 4
Engineer Killed and Ten Men Injured.

Passenger Train Thrown Over Bank AN
Engineer Killed and Ten Men Injured.
HELENA, Mont, February 3.--Tw0 de-
layed express trains which had been con
solidated at Dickerson. Dak., met with u
serious accident yesterday afternoon about
three miles east Of Saltwater, Mont. The
trains had been delayed by the heavy snow
and had been running very fast, but slow
ed up as they reached the narrow space b.
tween high bluf and Yellowstone river
at the point mentioned, when they
struck broken rail. The engine
and mail car passed safely over the
rail, which was broken in several plscSs
The baggage, express. one emigrsnt aud
one iirst.class car were thrown over the
bank Of the river, distance of about
eighteen feet, and landed upon their sides
All the passengers escaped injury, ami no
fires occurred.
Another accident happened on the
Northern Pacific railroad, near Garrison
Two engines with a I0s.plow wero
ditcbed. One engineer, named Frank Jones,
was killed, and, it is claimed, ten men
were seriously injured. Physicians left
here last evening Nothing more can he
learned, as there are no arrivals and the
railroad people will not give any informa.
ton.
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THE HOOsIER SIUDDLE.
Prospects Of Another Row on the Hoosiel
Question.

Prospects, Of Another Row on the Hoosier
Question.
INDIANAPoLIs, February 3.-The Dem
ocratie Senators last night prepared new
set of resolutions Of expulsion OF senators
to-day if they attempt to attend the joint
convention that the Republicans have de-
cided to hold. Some ot the Republican
Senator'S say that they win not leave the
Senate Chamber. Others have determined
10 90, let the results be as they may.
There are some conservative Democratic
Senators who oppose this plan, and advise
that the Republican Senators be allowed to
90 on and hold any sort Of convention
they please In the House the chances are
that Representative Jewett and other Dem
ocrats will be ousted, and their seats given
to Republicans. These, with Mcdonald,
who was in town last night, and who was
unseated in the Senate, will vote, ana Il
is determined by the Republicans TO secure
seventy-six votes for Harrison and declare
him elected Senator. The prospects Of
row of large dimensions are discernible.
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A State Dinner.

WASHINGTON, February 3.-PreSident
and Mrs. Cleveland entertained the dipol-
matte corps at a dinner tonight.
Covers were laid for forty-one guests.
The White House was beautifully decora-
rated with plants and flowers. The music
was furnished by the Marine Band. All
Foreign Ministers residing at this Capital
were present, except the japanese, whose
absence was on account of illness. The
President escorted Mrs. Romero, wife OF
the Mexican Minister, and had the wife of
the Hawaiian Minister on the left. The
Haytiau Minister, Dean OF the Corps, es-
corted Mrs Cleveland to the table, the
Secretary of State on her left.
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CRUISERS AND GUNBOATS.
War Vessels Recommended by the Sub
Committee on Naval Affairs.

WASHINGTON, February 3.-The sub.
Committee of the House Committee on
Naval affairs, which has for some time
been at work upon a bill providing for the
construction of war vessels and which has
had charge of the various measures on the
subject, completed its work to-day, and
will lay the result of its work before
the full committee tomorrow with Il
view of securing action in the House
early next week. The bill prepared pro-
vides for two steel cruisers of about
1000 tons displacement, Of the type Oi
Newark No. /, with the best boilers and
machinery, to cost not more than 81 300,
600; four steel gunbOats each of about l, 700
tons displacement, Of the type OF gunbOat
number |, to cost not over S525, 600 each
and one steel cruising torpedo boat of nOt
more than $50 or less than l35 feet in
length with a maximum speed Of "a knots
an hour over a Government knot course,
and with speed with armament and coal
n,r sea service of not less than twenty
knots an hour for six consecutiy hours,
to cost not more than 500, 900, and to he
completed within one year from the time
the contract is signed. The other vessels
are to be built, as near as can be, under
the terms of August Sd last. The bill
appropriates s., 450, 600.
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BIG FLOOD PROSPECT.
A GREAT ICE GEORGE AT THE DELAWARE
WATER GAP.
Sudden Rise in the 0hio-Fears Of a Sixty Poo
Stage at Cincinnati Alarm al Evansville.
Still Raining at CharleStOn-Ssri0as
Damage in the State.

BELvIDERE, n. j., February 3.-Tntel-
ligence has just reached here, by messen-
gers from Pahaquarry township, of the for
nation of an immense ice gorge in the
Delaware river, near Shawnee, Pa, above
the Delaware Water Gap. The ice is piled
up to height of fifty feet and the water
has been forced out of its natural channel
and has overflowed the lowland. Dwell
ing houses are nearly submerged. The
house of Peter T. Michaels is under water
to the second story. Mr.. Michaels had to
flee with his family and stock to the noun
tains. A man upwards of 80 years, named
Dimmick, says he has never seen anything
like the present state of affairs in the Del
aware. Should there be a sudden thaw
the destruction of property throughout the
valley would be appalling.
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Crushed Car.

FAREERsBuRG, W. Va, February "A
Young married man named Arden Dunkle
was aimo>tly instantly killed yesterday
afternoon al Guyandotte, few miles from
nete. He was assisting to pull car to a
P''nt on a track from which it could move
ISeit down a grade. When the car over
ooH him he tried to step oft to one side,
,, pu' was caught between the car aud pile
=. " lumber and was crushed to death. He
hyed only ten minntes
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Uneasiness at Charleston.

SDcciGi Tigram 10 the RCJiStC.
CHARLESTON, w. va, February 3.
Considerable uneasineS5 is felt about the
stage Of water here. New river is reported
rising slowly. Elk is rising, and it is
still raining here Railroad men manifest
some uneIsness. President Thompson, OF
the Ohio River road, tclegraphS probably
no train ON his road till Saturday, owing
to Il slip. The latest from Hinton is, river
six feet and rising one inch an hour
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The MonOngahela Raging.

NDrCfW ItltNdW 10 NE KtVIHfT.
WESTON, w. Va, February 3.--The
west fork of the MOnongahcla has been on
Il terrible rampage all day and now regis
ters fifteen and half feet and rising at the
rate of three inches per hour. A great deal
of damage has been done here to fences and
property generally. Reports from Shinns'
ton state the river rising fast and the tow n
of Worthington is in danger of being de-
StrnYed.
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Fifty RelOw Zero-

CHICAGO, February 3.-A genuine biz
I"'u IS now raging throughout the north
west ant coming east With wonderful
,aP'dlty. 1t is 5J degrees below zero al
toft Assin,bOine, and 80 below at Fort
O"s'er' The following are some of this
9nt a9InotIhing's temperatures: Helena, Mont.
~ ,e oelo%, Bismarck, OAK, - below, Yank
T' SoI, OAK, IL below, DeadwoOd, Oak, II
%' Is'O"' North Platte and Omaha II below
DeS MOlnes, Ia, IL below.
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Excitement at Louisville.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, February 3.-ThC
fears Of another flood nearly, if not equal,
TO the destructive flood of Is |, have great,
ly Increased here. The river continues
rising at the rate of half IN inch IN hour,
and is now abOnt thirty-seven and three,
tcnths feet on the gauge. The rain fell in
torrents nearly all day yesterday. These
facts with tclcgraphic advices from var
ious points, are anything but encouraging.
The water is gradually spreading over the
lowlands and there is no doubt hut that a
vast amount OF corn and other property
will he destroyed
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A Glass Pool.

PIrTsBURG, February "a meeting OF
window glass manufacturers OF the United
States was held here to-day, and pooling
arrangement or consolidation of the east
ern and western associations formed. The
two organizations, which heretofore to q
certain extent have antagonized each other,
will in the future, act in unison. 1t was
decided to advance prices from to q per
cent, to take effect at once. 81 #a e
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Great Damage Near Clarksburg.

Special telegram to the REGISTER.
CLARKsBURG, w. VA, February 3
Water in Elk creek and the West Fork
river is at the highest stage since lS15,
when the railroad bridge was washed out.
The loss to lumbermen is considerable.
Both Lowndes and Steel have men on the
river tonight. The Shuttleworth store is
partly under water and the creek constantly
rising. The damage to property along the
river is very great, especially on the north,
western turnpike. The Weston railroad
is submerged and passage nearly impossi'
HE
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SHOT HIS WIFE.
Result of a Suit Tor Non n-sappsr-A Bo.s0n.
Pa. shooting.

Result of a Suit Tor Non Sap esSt-A Bo.son.
Pa, shooting.
PfTrsBURG, February 3--Bo-ton, q
small mining town on the Monongalia
river, was the scene Of shooting ARRAY
this afternoon 10 which two persons were
wounded, one Of them. il is thought, re-
ceiving fatal injuries. The victim was Mrs
John Ingram, and the asssilant her hus-
band. The shooting took place in the rail.
Iasd station at Boston and was the outcome
OF a suit Tor Don-support Mrs. Ingram
wason her way to the city, when ber hus-
band app sred and without warning began
shooting al her. There were several per-
sons in the station at the time but before
he could be prevented be sbot her twice,
one ball taking effect 10 the forehead
and the other in her rigat
arm. The bystaRders then intsrfered, and
10 the struggle which ensued the snrseed
man shot man named Flelninx in the
wrist. He was finally oyerpyssred, when
1t was found that he had two more resol-
vera, loaded and ready for use, on
his person. Mrs Ingram was removed
TO her home, where she II lying IN q criii-
cal condition. The indignation against In
gam was 70 great that the officers wess
|cOmpelled 10 hastily remove him 10 this
city aud place him in Jail.
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Alarm at Cincinnati.

CINCIENATI, February 3.-The condi-
tion of the Ohio river is causing the live
liest speculation among persons having
goods in the lower levels of the city rs to
what stage it will reach. At noon it was
40 feet u inches and rising six inches an
hour. The rain stopped about : o'clock
and the thermometer is steadily falling
But adyices from up the river show heavy
rain is still falling ut up-river points. The
Big Sandy is rising rapidly and will reach
% or 80 feet, while the Ohio river at Cat
lettsbnrg is rising at IN unprecedented
rate. At Portsmouth the Ohio river is ris-
ing six inches an hour, with flood gauge in
all the tributaries, and with a rising river
from Pittsburg down, there is probability
that the river here may reach GO feet, even
if cold wave comes tonight. At - feet
many cellars will he submerged. The
rainfall here in the past "a hours was 2.S
inches.
The probability OF a food is now increas-
ing At midnight the river was So feet
3 inches and rising inches an hour.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Daily Dead.

>s''ti I'fT~TW % t1c RsQlsCr.
iiEhNoNr, W. Va, February 3.-Mrs,
Elizabeth Daily, wife of DR.. JnO. Daily,
dcd a. her residence in Westernport at !
o clock to-lay, Of Phthisic, after a long
illness. Mrs. Daily was a native OF Lex,
llSfon, Va. She had been married twice.
heT h'st husband was Capt. John Harti,
gan, Confederate officer, killed at the
otIlIr OF charlottesville. She WAS tn,
II, mother oi Dr. j. W HIrtigan of this city
he remains will he taken to Lexington
saturday morning. Her aye was "a wears
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EUR0PE'S WAR SCARE.

Foreign Markets Go Down WhoopinR
Once More.
PARIS, February 3.-Three per cent
rents have declined to-day. At l:30 p. M.
they were quoted at III, tall of II 45C
from the closing quotation yesterday. Al
2:30 rents had fallen To 76f s0c and there
was almost an entire suspension of opera
tions on the BourSe.
:i:bD p. m.-Rents have now fallen la 1ji
9jc. This shows a net decline during the
past year of &c 22,c 5f55c Of this amount
has been lost during the past two weeks.
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That PROXY Marriage.

CHICAGO, February 3.-Henry W. Spies,
who married Miss Van Zandt as proxy for
his brother August, the condemned Anar-
chist, was arrested last night on the charge
of bigamy. Counsel for the Anarchists
have interested themselves in the matter,
and they claim the proxy marriage is per-
fectly legal that it binds August only and
in no way effects the groom by proxy.
Interviews with prominent lawyers, how
ever. have ELECTED the almost unanimous
opinion that the proxy ceremony was 4
farce, and without any legal effect what
ever.
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A semI-PanIc In London.

LONDON, February 3, 3 P. M-There
was intense excitement on Stock Exchange
all this afternoon, and at the close Of tue
market panicky feeling prevailed. The
unfayorable state of the market was due
chiefly TO reports Of heavy failures on the
Paris bourse, and TO a rumOr, yet uncon-
iirmed, that large banking institution in
Berlin had collapsed.
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Serves the Beast Right.

New YORK, February 3.-Prof John
De Leon, the astrologer, who was convicted
of inducing young girls to 90 to Panama
for immoral purposes under pretext of
finding employment for them, was to-day
brought in general sessions. Judge Glider
sleeve imposed a sentence OF fifteen years
imprisonment at hard labor in Sing Sing.
This is the maximum punishment of the
law. He was convicted of the crime Of
kidnapping Mrs. Sarah Bowers, who was
fortunately rescued while en- route to
Panama.
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English Successes.

LONDON, February 3.-Advices from
Mandalay state the British forces cap
tured the entire camp Of the Insurgent
Boshway. Boshway managed 10 escape.
King Thebaw and Iswsbawar Woonth is-
sued an address to the Burmese advising
them To submit to British rule.
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ro CHARLESTON SUBSCRIBERS.

o,I,,,,soud6ete1 ritfRicharisOn Bros,
c..,,J street the asihoi.sdageHts at Charles
49,. -, n, EsriIy and Sunday REGISTER.
an ,,gpLrr Subscribers riH Be supplied
-...,,,y, on The cr,pisg Of publication at 10
.,,, p.y ra,k for Daily, and Is cents per
,.,st for Daily and Sunday.
HEST IA. PRINTING co.
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EricssOn's Destroyer.

WASHINGTON, February Sin the Sen
ate to-day Senator Evarts introduced bill,
which was referred to the Naval Affairs
Committee, appropriating Sll2, ,OOO for the
purchase of EricSsou's Destroyer and two
millions dollars for ten enlarged steel YES
calS
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Higher Than for Ten Years.

Special TticGrGm 10 the Register.
GRAFTON, W. Va, February 3.-Tnt
river at this point is higher than it ha:
been for ten years, compelling number O.
families to move out of their dwellings
At 10 p. M, light rain was falling. The
river is still rising. No loss of life ol
serious damage so far has been reported.
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A COPY of the storm Chart for 1857,
by the Rev. Irl r. Hicks, and Calendar
for 1887, mailed free to any address, on re-
ceipt of two-cent postage stamp. Write
plainly your name, postofice and State
The DIR. ]. H. Mclean Medicine Co, St
Louis. Mo.
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Steel Strike Threatened

PTTsBURG, February 3.-The meters
in every crucible steel works in the city
have made demand for an advance in
wages of - per cent, the increase to take
effect February 18th. If the advance is
not granted the men threaten to strike.
There are five crucible steel works in Pitts
burg, employing 5000 men.
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THE OHIO RISING.
Heavy Rainfall at Observation-Disclosures
Flood Expected.

II IUUI INptVItU'
CINCINNATI, February 3. 3.-Beginning at
one o'clock this morning and continuing
until seven, there was heavy and almost
constant rainfall, accompanied by light
ming and thunder. The river, which at
midnight was 45 feet inches, reached As
feet inches at $50 this morning. This
rate of rising is due to local causes, the
Licking river being the chief. Still the
rain all the way up the river will keep the
river rising for several days, and there will
undoubtedly be a necessity for the removal
of good in the cellars of houses near the
river.
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Riot at JeTsey CITY.

JERSEY CITY, n. J., February 3.--Dur-
ing riot here this evening strikers attack.
ed the Italians at the Erie Railroad Dock
and were repulsed by the police, after a
savage onslaught with clubs, in which
many were injured.
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Judge Fitzgerald Threatep.d Again.

oi,SS'iNNATI, February 3.-Judge Fitz-
s seiiIu' OF the POlic Court, received letter
@dAy, written on a Palaee letter head and
Esne1 with initials. Ii purported TO came
,Ip ionl The assassin who attempted to shoot
tue ) udSe On Tuesday night. 1t contained
aiS, aS,sls at the failure sid promised better
am at the next attempt.
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To Reinforce the Italian Garrison.

ROME, February 3.-Ministry confident
credit for sending reinforcements to the
Italian garrsan at Massowah, will be voted
by large majority.